--- title: There were six big taps labeled "Sunshine," "Wind," "Rain," "Snow,"… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: There were six big taps labeled "Sunshine," "Wind," "Rain," "Snow," "Hail," "Ice," and a lot of little ones, labeled "Fair to moderate," "Showery," "South breeze," "Nice growing weather for the crops," "Skating," "Good open weather," "South wind," "East wind," and so on. Who acts: Wind, Rain. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wind, Rain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg23661:6:87 # text = There were six big taps labeled "Sunshine," "Wind," "Rain," "Snow," "Hail," "Ice," and a lot of little ones, labeled "Fair to moderate," "Showery," "South breeze," "Nice growing weather for the crops," "Skating," "Good open weather," "South wind," "East wind," and so on. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 taps tap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 6 labeled label VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Sunshine Sunshine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 labeled label VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 moderate moderate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Showery Showery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 South South ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 parataxis _ _ 56 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 xcomp _ _ 57 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 63 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 Skating skating NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 67 " " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 69 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 73 " " PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 South South ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ 78 " " PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 " " PUNCT '' _ 80 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 84 so so ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 85 on on ADV RB _ 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 80 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **label** | participle | | six big taps *not said here* | Sunshine | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sunshine=Destination | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Wind | Rain | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hail** *in a quote* | | Rain | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **label** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **moderate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **grow** *in a quote* | gerund | | weather | | | | for the crops | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent weather=Product for crop=Beneficiary | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/)